Yulecat Bust by Witchsong Miniatures

In the longest night of winter, when the hearth-fires gutter and the frost creeps under the door, some say a great cat walks between worlds — its crown of candles burning cold, and souls spiralling upward in its wake.

• ✔ Large-scale display bust — significantly bigger than standard 32mm
• ✔ Resin printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted — ideal as a centrepiece painting project
• ✔ Designed for display shelves and painting competitions

The Yulecat Bust is a display piece of extraordinary character, sculpted in the tradition of dark winter folklore. The face is wolfish and ancient — deep-set hollow eyes, a muzzle draped in layered, wind-torn fur, and broad pointed ears framing a visage that feels older than any calendar. Cresting the skull, a cluster of half-melted candles rises from the bone, their ghostly flames twisting into spectral wisps of souls or smoke — an eerie halo for a creature that belongs to no single mythology, but feels entirely at home in all of them.

Mounted on a tiered ceremonial plinth, this bust is built for the painting table first and foremost. The layered textures — matted fur, dripping wax, tendrils of ethereal flame — offer painters a genuinely rewarding surface to work across, with clear transitions between organic and supernatural detail. It also serves as vivid visual inspiration for a Dungeon Master building a winter deity, a Feywild patron, or a spirit of the hunt that stalks the campaign world between solstices. For collectors drawn to the darker edges of fantasy, it earns a place on any shelf.

Well-suited to adventurers who:

• Want a detailed bust to showcase their painting skills across fur, wax, and ethereal effects
• Are building a dark winter or folkloric display collection
• Need visual inspiration for a Feywild patron, winter deity, or ancient feline spirit in their TTRPG campaign
• Appreciate mythology-inflected character design with genuine sculptural weight

Encounter Hook:

On Midwinter's Eve, the party finds a farmstead abandoned — doors hanging open, meals left uneaten. The only tracks in the snow lead away from the village, not toward it, and at the edge of the treeline the torchlight catches two cold points of reflected light, hovering at head height. Whatever watches them has been watching for a very long time, and the candles atop its crown have never once gone out.

Details

What's included:

• Yulecat Bust — display bust format, scaled to complement a 32mm collection
• Mounted on a tiered ceremonial plinth base as sculpted
• Printed in high-quality resin — support marks removed and fully cured before dispatch
• Supplied unpainted and ready for priming

Sculpted by Witchsong Miniatures — visit their page to see more of their work.

Mitz & Simz — crafted with the same care we'd want if we were the adventurer.

Build out your forest encounters with matching fey creatures — and discover more from Witchsong.

Ready to add this adventurer to your collection? Order today and we'll print it fresh for you here in the UK. 🐾🐈‍⬛🎲